Andrew's avatarAndrew

I started off on Everyman in The Observer, and began solving Azed while I was a student at Cambridge (reading maths) shortly after it started. I do the Guardian puzzle most days and others sporadically. In real life I work as a software developer (still in Cambridge), and for non-crossword recreation play the piano and am involved in amateur theatre.

Azed 2453

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Apart from a couple of stragglers at the end, I found this very much on the easy end of the Azed scale. As usual the precise clueing makes even the more obscure answers … Read more >>

Guardian 27,849 – Vulcan

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Last time I blogged a Vulcan puzzle I commented that ” I can’t summon up much enthusiasm for his puzzles, with their mostly very straightforward clues mixed with some rather weak cryptic definitions”, … Read more >>

Guardian 27,840 – Picaroon

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Very much a puzzle of two halves for me, with the left side taking much longer than the right. Neatly clued as always, apart from one definitional inaccuracy. Thanks to Picaroon.     … Read more >>

Azed 2447

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Looking back, there seems to be a high proportion of obscure or unfamiliar words in this one, but despite this I didn’t find it too hard, helped by the usual flawless clueing. Thanks … Read more >>

Guardian 27,789 – Pan

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A very suitable puzzle for the Monday slot – not difficult, but not a complete walkover, and some nice surfaces. A couple of bits of UK-specific general knowledge might cause trouble to some. … Read more >>

Azed 2441

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I’m afraid left too long between solving the puzzle and writing the blog to remember how I found it at the time (and didn’t make any notes). I think it probably counts as … Read more >>

Guardian 27,773 – Tramp

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A very enjoyable puzzle from Tramp which has one of his characteristic themes running through some of the clues, albeit less all-pervasively than he sometimes manages (I may have missed some references). I … Read more >>